Eriksson to manage Chinese second-tier side Shenzhen

Soccer coach Sven-Goran Eriksson, manager of Chinese Super League team Guangzhou R&F, smiles during a news conference promoting his memoirs in Stockholm November 6, 2013. REUTERS/Claudio Bresciani/TT News Agency/File Photo

REUTERS - Chinese second-tier club Shenzhen FC appointed former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson as manager on Monday, a month after the Swede left top-tier Shanghai SIPG.

Eriksson led Shanghai to a third-placed finish in the Chinese Super League, but was replaced by former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas last month.

"Mr Eriksson is a world-known experienced manager.... We hope his arrival will help Shenzhen attract the world's attention," Shenzhen said in a statement, quoted by Shanghai Daily.

Eriksson, 68, replaced Dutchman Clarence Seedorf, who was appointed Shenzhen coach in July, but failed to win promotion to the Chinese top flight.

(Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)